PECULIAR POSTCARDS
Sep 10, 2020
4 minutes
8. CURIOSITIES OF EAST LOTHIAN
In Edwardian times, the North Berwick man Reginald Phillimore was one of Britain’s postcard kingpins: his cards were bought and collected all over the country and enjoyed healthy sales due to their superior quality. He employed a local schoolgirl to do the delicate colouring; since she liked some variation, no two hand-coloured cards are the same. In this article, Phillimore’s East Lothian cards take us on a tour of the county’s ghosts and curiosities.
A GIANT AND A GHOST AT LUFFNESS HOUSE
Luffness House near Aberlady is a castle of 13th-century origins, probably designed to
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